Tea prices fell for the fourth straight week at a weekly auction at Chittagong Tuesday due to low demand from local buyers in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, brokers said, reports Reuters. Tea prices dropped sharply in the last...
RAJSHAHI, June 24 (BSS): Farmers have started growing chemical-free vegetables, using organic manure like vermi-compost, in the region including its vast Barind Tract. By dint of diversified interventions, gardening around homesteads in the current season using organic fertilizer has started...
Emirates is now making it easier for customers in select markets including Bangladesh to book and lock in fares while they simultaneously plan their travel itineraries for their business trips, family holidays or weekend getaways. 'Hold My Fare' is a...
Rabita Jahan Priota | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
You decide to take a walk around the playground and watch a teenager going the same way. You feel happy to see that at least one kid is taking out time to lift the face up from the phone and...
Mr. Alamin Mohammad is the Gold Award Winner of Duke of Edinburgh Award 2013. He is also the Vice President of Gold Award Holder's Association- GAHA Bangladesh. He is working as officer in the training department of MetLife. Shahriar Wahid...
Salman Khan Nasif | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Cricket is the only thing that can bring the whole population together in Bangladesh. No one gets more cheers from the crowd than a Bangladeshi bowler bowling the first ball. This cricket crazy nation was gifted with 10 consecutive home...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
The demand for smartphones has soared in the local market propelled by low-cost handsets and the enhanced 3G network coverage, industry people said. More than 8.0 million smartphones were shipped into Bangladesh in the first eleven months of the outgoing...
FE Report | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Exportable products are no longer required international certification as the local accreditation is recognised globally, a minister said. "Local businesses now can take globally-accepted standardised calibration certificates for their products from the local accreditation authority. They don't need to seek...
Monira Munni | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Export earnings from the country's eight export processing zones (EPZs) maintained a substantial growth over the months of current fiscal year (FY), despite a slow trend in the overall overseas sales proceeds, officials said. They attributed the uninterrupted utility services...
Int'l hoteliers seek VAT reduction Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA) has sought reduction of value added tax (VAT) on hospitality services to 10 per cent from the present 15 per cent to attract more foreign tourists next year. The government...
Bangladesh Tax Payers Society (BTPS), an organisation of taxpayers and tax lawyers, on Wednesday urged the government to raise tax exemption limit up to Tk 0.35 million from the budget proposal of Tk 0.25 million and exempting Zakat-related expenses from...
Bangladesh in the recent past earned the highest US dollar 30,186.62 million, a record-breaking income from exports, during the 2013-14 fiscal year, reports BSS. The annual export income was US dollar 16,204.65 million in 2009-2010 fiscal year, which increased to...
Former chairman of Bangladesh Krishi Bank Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled said adequate allocation in the budget is needed for alleviating poverty, reports BSS. He urged the government to show zero tolerance to corruption as it is showing to terrorist activities. Mr...
FE Report | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losing streak for the fifth straight sessions Wednesday amid sluggish trading activities as the investors protected their positions. The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
The government's move to offload shares of more state-owned enterprises (SoEs) has hardly made any progress, mainly due to procedural complexities and dillydallying of the authorities concerned despite repeated reminders from the top levels, officials said. "We are reminding the...
FE Report | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
The initial public offering (IPO) lottery of Aman Feed Ltd (AFL), the first issue under new IPO system, was held Wednesday for allocating 20 million shares among the successful investors, officials said. The lottery was held at the Institution of...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
The long pending 1996 share market scam cases are now ready at the recently formed capital market Special Tribunal for their speedy disposal, sources said. The much-talked about 15 criminal cases were filed against dozens of persons of 15 listed...
Olympic Accessories makes trading debut today Olympic Accessories Limited (OAL) will make trading debut today (Thursday) at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) under 'N' category, officials said. DSE trading code for Olympic Accessories Ltd is...
FE Report | 2015-06-25 00:00:00
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh fell in 2014, in five years, by 4.5 per cent to US$1.5 billion by a UN agency count despite a relative political calm. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its...
Indians had some solace at last by beating Bangladesh by 77 runs in the last match of the three-match one-day series at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday with the series already lost. The hosts fought a losing battle in their...
Fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 60 per head this year. This was disclosed at a meeting of Islamic Foundation in the city on Wednesday with Member Secretary of National Fitra Fixation Committee Maulana AMM Sirajul Islam in the...
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